Let's clarify real quick. Overall I agree with your point, but:
1) OS X is not Linux. It's also not "Unixy". Linux is a Unix clone, and OS X is UNIX. Full stop.
2) "You're in at the deep end of the pool now, so it better be good" and "If you like, I can give you his contact info so you can tell him how wrong he is." come across as very petty and childish. Along the lines of "my dad can beat you up!".
3) The "main attraction" of Linux is not that the GUI is configurable. The main attraction is that it's stable, free, and easy to manage at scale on servers. The main attraction of LInux on the desktop is... bragging rights? Desktop usage is what, 1% of Linux usage?
4) sunderland's post equates the GUI with the OS. I am sure he understands the distinction, but the distinction should be maintained. OS X's OS is UNIX. It has a ton of room for customization, replacement with a lot of GNU binaries, etc. It's extremely powerful and compatible with other *nix systems, and absolutely a good base for learning *nix methodology and utilities.
However, the windowing system is not highly customizable. I'd argue it's far better than Windows, and provides a better user experience for the majority of users than GNOME, KDE, etc... but no, you're not going to be editing the source and recompiling with new features.
Personally, I am happiest with Mac on my desk and Linux in my server room (or cloud). The MacBook Pro isn't that much more expensive. It's a great computer with a good (paid) warranty that gives me full support and compatibility with all the tools I need, and I'll never have to waste time fucking with drivers or the latest GNOME stupidity.
I get the point you're trying to make, and don't have data to argue either way, but let's be real here. A high number of dash cam videos being from Russia is evidence of one thing, and one thing only: dash cams are far more popular in Russia.
Yes, yes, actually it's not even evidence of that. It really only tells us Russian dash cam videos are more common online, whether because Russians are more likely to upload to Youtube, more likely to use dash cams, etc.
You need to quantify what you consider "good enough" in order to answer that.
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Second, in more relaxed terms of bandwidth, when do we reach "enough" so that even revolutionary improvements don't really matter any more? Do I really need the ability to download a full 4k movie in under six seconds? I don't mean that as a "640k should be enough for anyone" argument, but at a point in time, yes, 640k did count as "enough" for most purposes, even though at that same point in time we had supercomputers with a whopping 16MB of main RAM.
Doesn't your first statement really answer that?
What we have is already "good enough" for everyone... if all everyone needs to do is communicate in near real time. But we can make use of more. And we will probably always be able to make use of more.
If we want higher video resolution, more video streams, futuristic smell-o-vision, and internet-enabled cyber-robot sex, we'll ask for more speed. When that becomes commonplace, but we want to be able to exchange DNA sequences on dating sites, then we'll need more.
I think, when it comes to technology, everyone has it backwards. Supply drives demand.
...where within the enumerated responsibilities and rights of the Federal Govt. that it is charged with picking winners and losers in industry
I hate the "picking winners and losers" argument. The phrase needs to die. Every single thing the government is tasked to do requires picking winners and losers.
Judicial Branch - inherently picks winners and losers Congress - inherently picks winners and losers -- every spending bill, appropriation, regulation, trade treaty, etc. has a winner and loser in the private sector Executive - need I continue?
So far everyone who has tried to prove this claim - including the CIA and Mossad - has come up short.
No, nobody seriously thinks that. The CIA isn't even trying to prove it.
Unfortunately, everyone is reading a bunch of journalists who lack even the slightest ability to parse nuance. Iran is trying to build a nuclear breakout capability.
Every serious report that has ever been issued says exactly the same thing: No evidence of a nuclear weapons program, undeniably overwhelming evidence of Iran attempting to gain breakout capability.
Yes, there is evidence of weapons-related development (delivery systems, etc.). Yes, they have a growing enrichment program that is geared towards weaponization. Yes, they want to be able to build a weapon. No, there is no evidence that they have built a weapon or plan to immediately do so.
Breakout capability is still scary, though. It means they can have all the pieces in place to produce a weapon before anyone can mobilize sufficient resources to stop them. Given the regime's behavior, you should be able to understand why that concerns the rest of the region.
I've posted this with complete links and lots of details, but I'm not bothering to do it anymore.
I fear you may be right, and that's exactly why they don't do it more often... but I think that also underscores my point a bit. Shouldn't they work to get it to the point where users won't be impacted?
Netflix does this pretty aggressively and users don't seem to notice. Though I realize for most companies I am being very idealistic.
I'm pretty sure the Founding Fathers wouldn't have found an inalienable right to buggery in the Constitution, but it seems agreeable to you. "Gay marriage" would have been anathema. But again that is no obstacle for you to freely invent and overlook as desired.
The founding fathers also did not see a right to freedom for blacks, suffrage for women, suffrage for non-property owning white men, or mixed-race marriage.
Funny enough, most openly discussed the need for protection of minority (in the original sense) rights in a democracy. Given that they were at the forefront of "freedom for all" in the context of the norms of their time, it is fairly likely that they would support all of those rights if they adopted modern norms.
Either way, it's all very irrelevant. The founding fathers were very clear about both 1) the separation of church and state and 2) protection of minorities from majorities. These, combined with the 14th amendment and mixed-race marriage protections form a solid legal basis.
Because doing it right involves a full fail-over test including transferring loads or test loads, DNS auto-reconfiguration, and possibly even paying extra to bring up extra capacity elsewhere. You need to make sure it happens right when it's needed. Extra paperwork, overtime, it's all in there.
If the system is architected well, shouldn't all of those steps be automated... including monitoring and failover success/failure?
I'm really too tired to pull links in response to this clueless tripe today. Spies can and do prevent wars by conveying credible information regarding intent, capabilities, and plans.
A government's public statements cannot be trusted. Verification from reliable assets? Very valuable.
It is extremely likely that a soviet spy/American traitor prevented the Cuban missile crisis from leading to nuclear war. The US was actually planning to invade, and did not know that Cuba both a) already had nukes and b) the Soviets lacked the ability to prevent local commanders from using them (no centralized code system). Woops!
Replacing all windows7 installs by new windows7 installs will for sure remove the possibility of the same malware hitting again. DOH! Maybe change platform. There are 2 other OS to consider, MacOS and Linux.
An important organization should always have 2 completely different platforms. Not only 2 different browsers on the same OS, but different OS. And by different I don't mean a Microsoft-different who state the XP is not NT and is not Win7. It's all windows! Same goes for Linux, where redhat or debian is not different, it stays Linux. Sunos may be different.
double the admin costs, half the interoperability... for an increased attack surface and a higher increased zero-day count on any given day?
The way I see it, the problem isn't that % of workstations are infected. The problem is that all their data are belong to someone else. I think they'd be better off rearchitecting and rethinking things than mixing OSes for the sake of diversifying IT.
No, that is a completely incorrect interpretation.
Anyone can publish photos taken in public places in a reasonable way (i.e. not using a ladder and a supertelephoto on a sidewalk). They can publish these images in any way, with or without editorial, in nearly any way... as long as it's not exploitative of a protected attribute.
Coca-Cola cannot take a picture of Michael Jordan having a soda at a public event on public property, slap the Coke logo on it, and make that into a marketing campaign. The National Enquirer cannot edit that image to show Michael molesting a child, then publish it. But any person can take the unaltered photo, put it on twitter, and say "Hey, check out this photo of Michael!"
Unfortunately, I pay taxes in the US, thereby providing material support to a terrorist organization
I hate to burst your bubble, but most definitions of "terrorism" explicitly exclude state actors.
You could certainly argue that that is an artificial constraint designed to protect states from the accusation, but then you'd have to come up with a better definition. There are a few out there, but in all honesty, they tend to suck.
1) for spinning platters, being able to recover significant amounts of data after even one pass of zeros is a myth. See this article on recovering overwritten data or any of the top google results.
2) SSDs are different, but far easier to wipe if you get a good model. There is an ATA Secure Erase command, and you can use it directly with hdparm on linux. It takes seconds to wipe most SSDs this way.
However, firmware implementation of this is spotty. You will find some studies showing secure erase failures. But the paper is 4 years old, and manufacturers seem to have gotten better. So if you're REALLY concerned about this level of security, encrypt your SSDs and find a manufacturer that properly ATA Sanitize Block Erase.
I can't tell if you are denying the similarity between ducks and geese, have not seen a duckwalk in open ranks, or just have some sort of humor aversion.
But if the enterprise drive costs twice as much as a RED or some other lower grade drive, wouldn't I be better off buying two cheaper drives and putting them in a mirror?
Not if: * an increased risk of data loss * an increased risk of data unavailability * a cost of $150/hr to get a tech on-site to replace drives * you need to buy a larger/more expensive chassis * you need to spend more on the controller to be able to compensate
This is really a moot point. If you're not clustering or otherwise building in tons of redundancy, you'll have higher availability and lower TCO buying from Dell/HP/whomever, and they'll bundle the right drives from the start.
If you are building a cluster, you're not going to take random advice from posters on Slashdot. Build out whatever you want, just know that SuperMicro has terrible support and warranties. Expect bad lots and don't forget to pay attention to firmware and settings.
Any chance you can link to some tests/reviews of their claims?
Not the AC, and too lazy to google this again, but I was going to post the same experience with ZH. They announced support for zero hand off when it was in ages, never got it working well, and seem to have given up on it.
The basic idea was "set all APs to use the same channels, then clients will just use the strongest signal". Of course, even after hours of research and trying to fix the configs, clients lost connection when physically walking around. And if they managed to find a spot where the signals were similar, they could get some really fun rapid switching between APs.
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Let's clarify real quick. Overall I agree with your point, but:
However, the windowing system is not highly customizable. I'd argue it's far better than Windows, and provides a better user experience for the majority of users than GNOME, KDE, etc... but no, you're not going to be editing the source and recompiling with new features.
Personally, I am happiest with Mac on my desk and Linux in my server room (or cloud). The MacBook Pro isn't that much more expensive. It's a great computer with a good (paid) warranty that gives me full support and compatibility with all the tools I need, and I'll never have to waste time fucking with drivers or the latest GNOME stupidity.
I get the point you're trying to make, and don't have data to argue either way, but let's be real here. A high number of dash cam videos being from Russia is evidence of one thing, and one thing only: dash cams are far more popular in Russia.
Yes, yes, actually it's not even evidence of that. It really only tells us Russian dash cam videos are more common online, whether because Russians are more likely to upload to Youtube, more likely to use dash cams, etc.
You need to quantify what you consider "good enough" in order to answer that.
Second, in more relaxed terms of bandwidth, when do we reach "enough" so that even revolutionary improvements don't really matter any more? Do I really need the ability to download a full 4k movie in under six seconds? I don't mean that as a "640k should be enough for anyone" argument, but at a point in time, yes, 640k did count as "enough" for most purposes, even though at that same point in time we had supercomputers with a whopping 16MB of main RAM.
Doesn't your first statement really answer that?
What we have is already "good enough" for everyone... if all everyone needs to do is communicate in near real time. But we can make use of more. And we will probably always be able to make use of more.
If we want higher video resolution, more video streams, futuristic smell-o-vision, and internet-enabled cyber-robot sex, we'll ask for more speed. When that becomes commonplace, but we want to be able to exchange DNA sequences on dating sites, then we'll need more.
I think, when it comes to technology, everyone has it backwards. Supply drives demand.
... except they weren't marines. I do wish people would at least get THAT right.
...where within the enumerated responsibilities and rights of the Federal Govt. that it is charged with picking winners and losers in industry
I hate the "picking winners and losers" argument. The phrase needs to die. Every single thing the government is tasked to do requires picking winners and losers.
Judicial Branch - inherently picks winners and losers
Congress - inherently picks winners and losers -- every spending bill, appropriation, regulation, trade treaty, etc. has a winner and loser in the private sector
Executive - need I continue?
> They are trying to build a nuclear weapon
Prove it.
So far everyone who has tried to prove this claim - including the CIA and Mossad - has come up short.
No, nobody seriously thinks that. The CIA isn't even trying to prove it.
Unfortunately, everyone is reading a bunch of journalists who lack even the slightest ability to parse nuance. Iran is trying to build a nuclear breakout capability.
Every serious report that has ever been issued says exactly the same thing: No evidence of a nuclear weapons program, undeniably overwhelming evidence of Iran attempting to gain breakout capability.
Yes, there is evidence of weapons-related development (delivery systems, etc.). Yes, they have a growing enrichment program that is geared towards weaponization. Yes, they want to be able to build a weapon. No, there is no evidence that they have built a weapon or plan to immediately do so.
Breakout capability is still scary, though. It means they can have all the pieces in place to produce a weapon before anyone can mobilize sufficient resources to stop them. Given the regime's behavior, you should be able to understand why that concerns the rest of the region.
I've posted this with complete links and lots of details, but I'm not bothering to do it anymore.
I fear you may be right, and that's exactly why they don't do it more often... but I think that also underscores my point a bit. Shouldn't they work to get it to the point where users won't be impacted?
Netflix does this pretty aggressively and users don't seem to notice. Though I realize for most companies I am being very idealistic.
I'm pretty sure the Founding Fathers wouldn't have found an inalienable right to buggery in the Constitution, but it seems agreeable to you. "Gay marriage" would have been anathema. But again that is no obstacle for you to freely invent and overlook as desired.
The founding fathers also did not see a right to freedom for blacks, suffrage for women, suffrage for non-property owning white men, or mixed-race marriage.
Funny enough, most openly discussed the need for protection of minority (in the original sense) rights in a democracy. Given that they were at the forefront of "freedom for all" in the context of the norms of their time, it is fairly likely that they would support all of those rights if they adopted modern norms.
Either way, it's all very irrelevant. The founding fathers were very clear about both 1) the separation of church and state and 2) protection of minorities from majorities. These, combined with the 14th amendment and mixed-race marriage protections form a solid legal basis.
Because doing it right involves a full fail-over test including transferring loads or test loads, DNS auto-reconfiguration, and possibly even paying extra to bring up extra capacity elsewhere. You need to make sure it happens right when it's needed. Extra paperwork, overtime, it's all in there.
If the system is architected well, shouldn't all of those steps be automated... including monitoring and failover success/failure?
Not sure on this particular piece of software (though it looks handy!), but recommend you take a look at this Windows 7 OEM Activation article.
There normally is hardware magic for the OEM copies, but I'm not really sure how this one deals with SLIC.
I'm really too tired to pull links in response to this clueless tripe today. Spies can and do prevent wars by conveying credible information regarding intent, capabilities, and plans.
A government's public statements cannot be trusted. Verification from reliable assets? Very valuable.
It is extremely likely that a soviet spy/American traitor prevented the Cuban missile crisis from leading to nuclear war. The US was actually planning to invade, and did not know that Cuba both a) already had nukes and b) the Soviets lacked the ability to prevent local commanders from using them (no centralized code system). Woops!
Replacing all windows7 installs by new windows7 installs will for sure remove the possibility of the same malware hitting again. DOH!
Maybe change platform.
There are 2 other OS to consider, MacOS and Linux.
An important organization should always have 2 completely different platforms.
Not only 2 different browsers on the same OS, but different OS. And by different I don't mean a Microsoft-different who state the XP is not NT and is not Win7. It's all windows!
Same goes for Linux, where redhat or debian is not different, it stays Linux. Sunos may be different.
double the admin costs, half the interoperability... for an increased attack surface and a higher increased zero-day count on any given day?
The way I see it, the problem isn't that % of workstations are infected. The problem is that all their data are belong to someone else. I think they'd be better off rearchitecting and rethinking things than mixing OSes for the sake of diversifying IT.
Don't despair! There are new spurious correlations every day. We just need to feed him the sunspot data.
Surround is tuned for theatres, and you don't care that it's loud when the music/explosions are going off and quiet for dialogue because. . .
Actually, I do. I find theaters painfully loud and prefer to wear good earplugs when possible.
Citation needed. The celebrity actually has more rights in my fictional case because, effectively, it's easier to appropriate their image.
Look up case law on street photography. You will find that, in most places, there are very few restrictions.
No, that is a completely incorrect interpretation.
Anyone can publish photos taken in public places in a reasonable way (i.e. not using a ladder and a supertelephoto on a sidewalk). They can publish these images in any way, with or without editorial, in nearly any way... as long as it's not exploitative of a protected attribute.
Coca-Cola cannot take a picture of Michael Jordan having a soda at a public event on public property, slap the Coke logo on it, and make that into a marketing campaign. The National Enquirer cannot edit that image to show Michael molesting a child, then publish it. But any person can take the unaltered photo, put it on twitter, and say "Hey, check out this photo of Michael!"
Thank you, I was wondering about that mod. And I'm glad somebody enjoyed the joke
Unfortunately, I pay taxes in the US, thereby providing material support to a terrorist organization
I hate to burst your bubble, but most definitions of "terrorism" explicitly exclude state actors.
You could certainly argue that that is an artificial constraint designed to protect states from the accusation, but then you'd have to come up with a better definition. There are a few out there, but in all honesty, they tend to suck.
Two points.
1) for spinning platters, being able to recover significant amounts of data after even one pass of zeros is a myth. See this article on recovering overwritten data or any of the top google results.
2) SSDs are different, but far easier to wipe if you get a good model. There is an ATA Secure Erase command, and you can use it directly with hdparm on linux. It takes seconds to wipe most SSDs this way.
However, firmware implementation of this is spotty. You will find some studies showing secure erase failures. But the paper is 4 years old, and manufacturers seem to have gotten better. So if you're REALLY concerned about this level of security, encrypt your SSDs and find a manufacturer that properly ATA Sanitize Block Erase.
You never have to trust PHP programmers. Just exploit the vulnerability of your choice and check out their database yourself.
I can't tell if you are denying the similarity between ducks and geese, have not seen a duckwalk in open ranks, or just have some sort of humor aversion.
Thanks kind of funny since the Russian army stil uses the goose step, and the US military never has. Interesting symbolism.
To be fair, the US military does have a duck walk. Similar animal, just as goofy.
You are saturating 10gbps Network Legs? I would love to see any part of that setup.
Its not that I don't believe you, it is that I would love to be able to do it.
Yup. Though I haven't seen a lot of need beyond that for workstations (i.e. they're saturating but willing to deal with it).
On the server/storage/SAN, side 10gig is kind of funny. At some places it's overkill and too expensive. At others, it's nowhere near enough.
But if the enterprise drive costs twice as much as a RED or some other lower grade drive, wouldn't I be better off buying two cheaper drives and putting them in a mirror?
Not if:
* an increased risk of data loss
* an increased risk of data unavailability
* a cost of $150/hr to get a tech on-site to replace drives
* you need to buy a larger/more expensive chassis
* you need to spend more on the controller to be able to compensate
This is really a moot point. If you're not clustering or otherwise building in tons of redundancy, you'll have higher availability and lower TCO buying from Dell/HP/whomever, and they'll bundle the right drives from the start.
If you are building a cluster, you're not going to take random advice from posters on Slashdot. Build out whatever you want, just know that SuperMicro has terrible support and warranties. Expect bad lots and don't forget to pay attention to firmware and settings.
Any chance you can link to some tests/reviews of their claims?
Not the AC, and too lazy to google this again, but I was going to post the same experience with ZH. They announced support for zero hand off when it was in ages, never got it working well, and seem to have given up on it.
The basic idea was "set all APs to use the same channels, then clients will just use the strongest signal". Of course, even after hours of research and trying to fix the configs, clients lost connection when physically walking around. And if they managed to find a spot where the signals were similar, they could get some really fun rapid switching between APs.